This is the try to determine the border between South-East Anatolia and Mediterrain regions

SUMMARY Master Thesis Veysel KUŞÇU This is The Try To Determine The Border Between South-East Anatolia And Mediterrain Regions Fırat University The İnstituation of Social Sciences The Department Of Geografhy 2000, 103 pace The geographikal regions of Turkey were determined and the map was separated into seven geographical regions in 1941. Then it was determined that the border must be enlarged at end of the detailed studies which it called was between the South-east Anatolia regionand the Mediterrain region For this reason the climate is varied in the study areas Hatay, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Şanlıurfa; The area forms the climate- border were this different can bee seen. Base role climatik of faktors at the description of regions. Redpine and macquis are seen in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep even till Adıyaman that grow in the Akdeniz region. The kinds of earther also assosiate which develops according to the climate and plant-wrap conditions. The earth are seen until east of Gaziantep and Kilis which contains lime in and which develops under Mediterrain climate The south east of Anatolia protects its general smooth and simple structural cracters. This suplicity is being changed by the mountains in the study areas. This mountains are Amanos, Nur, Kartal, Karadağ and Karacadağ. Amanos and Nur are in the west, Kartal is in the north of the Araban Hatay-Maraş wreckage-pit, Karacadağ is in the east of Şanlıurfa. The agricultural products progress till the valley of Fırat which belongs to Mediterrain climate. Olive agriculture which is grown prodictive and fig, The grape and Antepfıstığı are aslo grow intensively in this area though the belongs to dhe climate of Mediterrain For this reason the border must be enlarged towards the east till Fırat river, which is between south- east Anatolia and Akdeniz region. Key words: Akdeniz region, South-east Anatolia region, region, border-region in